We left Interlaken and made our way to another lake town, Estavayer-de-Lac. This little town had been on and off our schedule multiple times as we plotted and re-plotted our path into and through Switzerland. Estavayer is a little medieval …
The sun was still beating down on us as we made our way off the mountain from Engleberg and headed toward one of Switzerland’s most popular places, Interlaken. By the time we arrived at our campsite, I insisted we should …
As mentioned in our previous post, when we crossed the border, we were stopped only to make sure we paid our toll costs/road tax while in Switzerland. What you purchase at this stop is actually a vignette, or as we …
I wish I could tell you that we did Bruges in Belgium justice, but we didn’t. We literally parked up, took a ride around town, looking for lunch and waffles, then after a good sleep at the marina parking lot …
We had a long day’s drive from our little marina to the Netherlands. We could have split the day and stayed somewhere along the way, but we had a dinner date we did not want to miss. On our route …
Since we began our post-lockdown travels, most of our time has been spent visiting cities. Other than the very relaxing days we spent on the Moselle and the Rhine, we’ve visited a few smaller German towns along with Salzburg, Vienna, …
Traveling around Europe in the summertime can be sweaty business. It is damn hot in many parts and we do our best to avoid as many sweltering days as possible. If you have read this blog for any length of …
When we crossed the border from Austria into the Czech Republic, we entered our ninth new country since arriving in Europe nearly 18 months ago. Can you believe we have been here a year and a half? The Czech Republic …
In 1969, as my family prepared to move to Tripoli, Libya, where my dad had taken a job as a geophysicist, a revolution took place on September 1st of that year. Muammar Gaddafi came to power after overthrowing the government of …
As most of you know, Salzburg is the home of the Von Trapp family upon which The Sound of Music is based. Though the interiors of the movie were shot on a soundstage in Hollywood, all of the exteriors were …
